Farrokh Alemi, Georgetown University
“This lecture focuses on how to create a group consensus around the decision to select a vendor for electronic health records. This is part 1 of a 2 part lecture on forming group consensus. You may also be interest on a set of slides showing an example application of these ideas. This presentation was prepared by Dr. Farrokh Alemi, Professor of Health Systems Administration at Georgetown University.”
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Vanessa Fuhrmans, Wall Street Journal
“Glen Tullman, Allscripts Chief Executive Officer, is interviewed by the Wall Street Journal’s Vanessa Fuhrmans about what needs to happen to get physicians on-board with using healthcare information technology.”
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Jack Lewin, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“More than 3,000 years ago, the first forms of drug prescriptions appeared in ancient Babylon as healers carved medicines into clay tablets.
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F.J.Meijman, Medisch Contact
“Informatiemoloch biedt geen toegevoegde waarde.
Voordat een dokter een medicijn voorschrijft, moet eerst de werkzaamheid en de veiligheid zijn vastgesteld. Zo niet bij het landelijk elektronisch patiëntendossier. Dat dreigt te worden ingevoerd zonder dat het nut voor patiënten is bewezen.
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Sheri Porter, AAFP News
“Physicians know the importance of completing the medical history section of each patient’s health record.
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Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News
“Healthcare IT leaders in Indiana say they have a tested model of healthcare data exchange – and the government would get a quick return on its investment if it were replicated around the nation.
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Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“Two vendors have joined forces to develop technology and services aimed at helping Canadian physicians provide chronic disease management programs to their patients.
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Ken Terry, BNET Healthcare
“A highly publicized study of Texas hospitals found that the use of health IT significantly improves quality and efficiency.
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Deborah Leyva, Healthcare & Technology
“A report published by the PA Patient Safety Advisory in December stated, “Studies have shown that BCMA technology can reduce medication errors by 65% to 86%. But BCMA technology alone does not ensure a safe medication-use system.
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Andre Picard, Globe and Mail
“In the much-discussed federal budget there was only one passing reference to the health-care system.
Enjoy the respite.
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EMR and HIPAA
“If it’s [EMR investment and implementation] too hasty, you can create so many bad experiences that people say…’My data’s a mess and my patients are angry,’” Mr. Glaser said in a recent Wall Street Journal article on the possible wasted investment in EMR.
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EMR and HIPAA
“In a recent Wall Street Journal article on electronic medical records, they talk about Allscripts’ CEO’s take on the governments planned $20 billion investment in EMR.
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Bruce Friedman, Lab Soft News
“I am a strong advocate of offering patients the opportunity to participate in clinical trials, particularly if they have serious problems like cancer.
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HISTalk
“An HIT Moment with … is a quick interview with someone we find interesting. C. Peter Waegemann is CEO of the Medical Records Institute.”
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WTN News
“Wisconsin’s first health information exchange is partnering with Humana, a publicly traded health benefits company, to provide emergency room clinicians with access to patient data.
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Fiona Barr, e-Health Insider Primary Care
“The NHS Alliance is promoting real-time access to medical records, claiming this will help meet the drive towards patient self-management as well as saving the NHS money.
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Sam Collins, Healthcare IT News EU
“IBA Health Group has announced that German hospital group Krankenhaus Buchholz and Winsen is set to become its latest iSOFT customer for the LORENZO platform.
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Chip Means, Healthcare IT News EU
“Australia-based iSoft has announced that two major Dutch hospitals will extend their contracts with the vendor for hospital information systems.
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The closure date for the ICMCC Event 2009 call for papers has been extended till February 8, 2009.
Fiona Barr, e-Health Insider Primary Care
“The length of the patient information programme run before Summary Care Records are uploaded to the Spine could be cut by up to 50% if NHS Connecting for Health plans are agreed.
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